Relative climatic effects of landcover change and
... tropospheric observations [National Academy of Sciences, 2000; Chase et al., 2000b]. Finally, because observed changes in landcover are associated with large scale circulation changes in model simulations, the possibility of an interaction with other natural modes of atmospheric and ocean variabilit ...
... tropospheric observations [National Academy of Sciences, 2000; Chase et al., 2000b]. Finally, because observed changes in landcover are associated with large scale circulation changes in model simulations, the possibility of an interaction with other natural modes of atmospheric and ocean variabilit ...
A RICARDIAN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH
... severely damaged by higher temperatures (IPCC, 2001b), but there have been very few agroeconomic studies. An economic study in Brazil indicated that farm land values would fall with warming, but the magnitude of the effects was much smaller than the previous estimates from agronomic studies (Mendels ...
... severely damaged by higher temperatures (IPCC, 2001b), but there have been very few agroeconomic studies. An economic study in Brazil indicated that farm land values would fall with warming, but the magnitude of the effects was much smaller than the previous estimates from agronomic studies (Mendels ...
POPRC-9/8: Guidance on how to assess the possible impact of
... Information on whether the recommended strategy provides co-benefits and mitigation measures to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and persistent organic pollutants through proper life-cycle management may be included in chapter 3 of a risk management evaluation, Synthesis of the information. Step ...
... Information on whether the recommended strategy provides co-benefits and mitigation measures to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and persistent organic pollutants through proper life-cycle management may be included in chapter 3 of a risk management evaluation, Synthesis of the information. Step ...
Focus on poleward shifts in species` distribution underestimates the
... a coherent fingerprint of climate change on species responses in temperate areas of the globe2,4,5 , suggest that these multi-directional shifts may be more pronounced in tropical regions. Unfortunately, there has been far less research on range-boundary shifts for tropical species14 than for temper ...
... a coherent fingerprint of climate change on species responses in temperate areas of the globe2,4,5 , suggest that these multi-directional shifts may be more pronounced in tropical regions. Unfortunately, there has been far less research on range-boundary shifts for tropical species14 than for temper ...
Reconstructing mid- to high-latitude marine climate and ocean
... global ocean (see Quay et al., 1992; Swart et al., 2010). 2.1. Bivalve studies included in this issue There are five papers in this issue using bivalve sclerochronology to investigate ocean and climate dynamics. Four of these studies present information from the long-lived marine bivalve Arctica isla ...
... global ocean (see Quay et al., 1992; Swart et al., 2010). 2.1. Bivalve studies included in this issue There are five papers in this issue using bivalve sclerochronology to investigate ocean and climate dynamics. Four of these studies present information from the long-lived marine bivalve Arctica isla ...
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Water Availability
... frequency of extreme climate events. A wet or warm 10-year period would not be sufficient to be classified as climate change. Climate change may be due to natural external factors, such as changes in the emission of solar radiation or slow changes in the Earth's orbital elements, natural internal pr ...
... frequency of extreme climate events. A wet or warm 10-year period would not be sufficient to be classified as climate change. Climate change may be due to natural external factors, such as changes in the emission of solar radiation or slow changes in the Earth's orbital elements, natural internal pr ...
Climate Change Summits beyond Copenhagen
... Alex Jones analyses the changes sweeping the media and provides an authoritative account of why good quality journalism is the essential food supply of democracy. ...
... Alex Jones analyses the changes sweeping the media and provides an authoritative account of why good quality journalism is the essential food supply of democracy. ...
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... Firstly, it is now accepted that some degree of climate change is inevitable, even if atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases were dramatically curtailed. [FN36] Communities, regions, and economic sectors will therefore have to adapt to some degree of climate change. This is particularly pert ...
... Firstly, it is now accepted that some degree of climate change is inevitable, even if atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases were dramatically curtailed. [FN36] Communities, regions, and economic sectors will therefore have to adapt to some degree of climate change. This is particularly pert ...
WORKING DRAFT: Last Revised 23 November 2007
... consequences of failing to meet this challenge (Arrow 2007, Stern 2006). The world cannot continue to emit increasing amounts of GHG without eventually provoking unacceptable climate changes; many climate professionals claim we already have exceeded prudent levels of emissions. The world has to end ...
... consequences of failing to meet this challenge (Arrow 2007, Stern 2006). The world cannot continue to emit increasing amounts of GHG without eventually provoking unacceptable climate changes; many climate professionals claim we already have exceeded prudent levels of emissions. The world has to end ...
Final Report Appendix 2d - climate change
... The results of this basic research support global forecasts e.g. as from the IPCC and they are used in regional forecasts on a federal state level. The 16 states of Germany with their ministries and institutions support a wide range of regional focused climate change research programmes that are cov ...
... The results of this basic research support global forecasts e.g. as from the IPCC and they are used in regional forecasts on a federal state level. The 16 states of Germany with their ministries and institutions support a wide range of regional focused climate change research programmes that are cov ...
Understanding Climate Change And Impacts On Tourism In The
... While climate change is increasingly becoming an area of interest in academic research and industry applicability, it still remains a relatively new phenomenon within the mainstream of the tourism industry (Viner and Becken 2003). Current literature suggests that the majority of scientists are in ag ...
... While climate change is increasingly becoming an area of interest in academic research and industry applicability, it still remains a relatively new phenomenon within the mainstream of the tourism industry (Viner and Becken 2003). Current literature suggests that the majority of scientists are in ag ...
Regional Security Implications of Climate Change A
... feedback loops of climate change and their general political ramifications. Also, they support keeping climate change high on the agenda and argue that climate change is a process where distant events can have local repercussions. However, for programming purposes, the scope of the studies is too wi ...
... feedback loops of climate change and their general political ramifications. Also, they support keeping climate change high on the agenda and argue that climate change is a process where distant events can have local repercussions. However, for programming purposes, the scope of the studies is too wi ...
Global Climate Change - Railway Tie Association
... It is well known that human activities like burning fossil fuels that pump carbon into the atmosphere are likely contributing to global warming. While we must seek ways to reduce carbon pollution there is another approach that, in effect, enables us to buy time – that is to capitalize on the remarka ...
... It is well known that human activities like burning fossil fuels that pump carbon into the atmosphere are likely contributing to global warming. While we must seek ways to reduce carbon pollution there is another approach that, in effect, enables us to buy time – that is to capitalize on the remarka ...
THE CROPWAT ANALYSIS OF THREE DISTRICTS IN EGYPT
... climate conditions. The task is made all the more difficult by the possibility of significant warming expected to result from the greenhouse effect. Egypt appears to be particularly vulnerable to climate change because of its dependence on the Nile as its primary water source, its large traditional ...
... climate conditions. The task is made all the more difficult by the possibility of significant warming expected to result from the greenhouse effect. Egypt appears to be particularly vulnerable to climate change because of its dependence on the Nile as its primary water source, its large traditional ...
Agroclimatic conditions in China under climate change scenarios
... Climate change scenarios for impacts assessment are basically generated by General Circulation Models (GCMs). The horizontal resolution of most present-day GCMs is at the order of a few hundred kilometres (Meehl et al., 2007). Therefore, they are incapable of capturing significant subgrid scale feat ...
... Climate change scenarios for impacts assessment are basically generated by General Circulation Models (GCMs). The horizontal resolution of most present-day GCMs is at the order of a few hundred kilometres (Meehl et al., 2007). Therefore, they are incapable of capturing significant subgrid scale feat ...
The Kyoto Protocol: Bad News for the Global
... with it.4 On the contrary, the severity of the problem, and the dire state of the global environment in many other respects, leads more forcefully to the conclusion that Kyoto is more detrimental than advantageous. Environmentally, legally, and politically, the world would be better off with no inte ...
... with it.4 On the contrary, the severity of the problem, and the dire state of the global environment in many other respects, leads more forcefully to the conclusion that Kyoto is more detrimental than advantageous. Environmentally, legally, and politically, the world would be better off with no inte ...
Plenary Powerpoint - this includes the Nine Organizational
... There are already organic processes of networks who are gradually coalescing around a shared group of goals and priorities. E.g., a network around least developed countries that are generated from within the LDCs. More about linking the growing networks that can crystallize. This meeting is coming u ...
... There are already organic processes of networks who are gradually coalescing around a shared group of goals and priorities. E.g., a network around least developed countries that are generated from within the LDCs. More about linking the growing networks that can crystallize. This meeting is coming u ...
- Wiley Online Library
... and issues. Human and ecological needs are deeply connected, and must be addressed in a coordinated manner. Focusing on the ecological dimension alone, such as a biogeophysical approach that has identified ’planetary bound€m et al., 2009, aries’, is necessary but not sufficient (Rockstro 2013). It is ...
... and issues. Human and ecological needs are deeply connected, and must be addressed in a coordinated manner. Focusing on the ecological dimension alone, such as a biogeophysical approach that has identified ’planetary bound€m et al., 2009, aries’, is necessary but not sufficient (Rockstro 2013). It is ...
Governing climate change: the politics of risk society?
... the risks posed by climate change has been another area of contention, and has spawned international negotiations, domestic strategies and public concern throughout the 1990s. The challenges of governing climate change have been apparent as nation-states struggle to come to international agreement a ...
... the risks posed by climate change has been another area of contention, and has spawned international negotiations, domestic strategies and public concern throughout the 1990s. The challenges of governing climate change have been apparent as nation-states struggle to come to international agreement a ...
CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT COUNTRIES
... four groups. Economically more developed southern countries – South Korea, Mexico and Turkey, for example – would have to take on emission targets similar to those of industrialised countries. Small developing countries with a growing and developed economy – e.g. Israel and Singapore – would face le ...
... four groups. Economically more developed southern countries – South Korea, Mexico and Turkey, for example – would have to take on emission targets similar to those of industrialised countries. Small developing countries with a growing and developed economy – e.g. Israel and Singapore – would face le ...
Ideological cultures and media discourses on
... In a wider analysis of the insertion of media coverage in social action, McCright and Dunlap (2000, 2003) have examined how the anti-environmental movement mobilized in the US to construct the “non-problematicity” of global warming by constructing alliances between conservative think tanks, fossil f ...
... In a wider analysis of the insertion of media coverage in social action, McCright and Dunlap (2000, 2003) have examined how the anti-environmental movement mobilized in the US to construct the “non-problematicity” of global warming by constructing alliances between conservative think tanks, fossil f ...
Indigenous Australians` knowledge of weather and climate
... Australians have one of the longest living cultural traditions in the world, with recent archaeological records dating their culture back at least 50,000 years (Roberts et al. 1990). Unsurprisingly, Indigenous Australians have a long history of adaptation to gradually changing landscapes and climate ...
... Australians have one of the longest living cultural traditions in the world, with recent archaeological records dating their culture back at least 50,000 years (Roberts et al. 1990). Unsurprisingly, Indigenous Australians have a long history of adaptation to gradually changing landscapes and climate ...
Shifting cultivation and climate change
... the discussion on climate change mitigation schemes like REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries), and their right to FPIC, and to their land, territories and resources continue being ignored The potential contribution of indigenous peoples’ land ma ...
... the discussion on climate change mitigation schemes like REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries), and their right to FPIC, and to their land, territories and resources continue being ignored The potential contribution of indigenous peoples’ land ma ...